“I’m proud to obtain this first Oncology Venture prepared FDA IND and IDE approval to run trials with our PARP inhibitor in the US and look forward to initialize study in ovarian cancer to prove the patient benefit of our PARP inhibitor and it’s DRP for precision treatment”, says Chief Medical Officer of Oncology Venture Marie Foegh, M.D. “Our Drug Response Prediction – DRP technology to track, match and treat patients with our PARP inhibitor enables us to be precise in selecting patients who will benefit from PARP inhibitor treatment. We expect the results of the clinical trials will confirm the DRP technology advantage and will position us very favorably in the market,” said Peter Buhl Jensen M.D., CEO of Oncology Venture. 

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About the Drug Response Predictor - DRP® Companion Diagnostic 

Oncology Venture uses the Medical Prognosis Institute (MPI) multi gene DRP® to select those patients who by the genetic signature of their cancer are found to have a high likelihood of responding to the drug. The goal is developing the drug for the right patients, and by screening patients before treatment the response rate can be significantly increased. The DRP® method builds on the comparison of sensitive vs. resistant human cancer cell lines, including genomic information from cell lines combined with clinical tumor biology and clinical correlates in a systems biology network. DRP® is based on messenger RNA from the patient’s biopsies. 

The DRP® platform, i.e. the DRP® and the PRP™ tools, can be used in all cancer types and is patented for more than 70 anti-cancer drugs in the US. The PRP® is used by MPI for Personalized Medicine. The DRP® is used by Oncology Venture for drug development. 

DRP® is a registered trademark of Medical Prognosis Institute A/S.

About Oncology Venture AB 

Oncology Venture Sweden AB is engaged in the research and development of anti-cancer drugs via its wholly-owned Danish subsidiary, Oncology Venture ApS. Oncology Venture has a license to use Drug Response Prediction – DRP® –to significantly increase the probability of success in clinical trials. DRP® has proven its ability to provide a statistically significant prediction of the clinical outcome from drug treatment in cancer patients in 29 out of 37 clinical studies that were examined. The Company uses a model that alters the odds in comparison with traditional pharmaceutical development. Instead of treating all patients with a particular type of cancer, patients’ tumors genes are first screened, and only the patients most likely to respond to the treatment will be treated. Via a more well-defined patient group, risks and costs are reduced while the development process becomes more efficient. ? 

The current product portfolio includes: LiPlaCis® for breast cancer in collaboration with Cadila Pharmaceuticals; irofulven for prostate cancer; and APO010, an immuno-oncology product for multiple myeloma. 

Oncology Venture has spun out two companies as Special Purpose Vehicles: Oncology Venture U.S. Inc. (previously 2X Oncology Inc.), a US-based precision medicine company focusing developing two promising phase 2 product candidates, and OV-SPV 2, a Danish company that will test and potentially develop a Phase 2 oral Tyrosine Kinase inhibitor. 

On the May 30, 2018, MPI and Oncology Ventures respective general assemblies decided to merge. Trading in the Oncology Venture share continues the next couple of months and all OV shares will - when the merger is finalized - give 1,8524 MPI shares.

Forward-looking statements 
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This information is information that Oncology Venture Sweden AB is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out above, on August 27, 2018.